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Portugal and Switzerland advanced in the FIFA World Cup knockout stage, with Portugal edging Croatia 2-1 in a dramatic Round of 32 tie before Switzerland defeated Algeria 2-0 with a controlled performance in Vancouver.<\/p>\n
Portugal vs Croatia<\/p>\n
Portugal came from behind to beat Croatia 2-1 in Toronto, setting up a heavyweight meeting with Spain.<\/p>\n
Croatia struck first early in the second half through Ivan Perisic, forcing Portugal to chase the match after a first half in which they had enjoyed long spells of control without finding a breakthrough.<\/p>\n
Cristiano Ronaldo brought Portugal level from the penalty spot in the 68th minute, scoring his first World Cup knockout-stage goal and shifting momentum back toward Roberto Martinez\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
Portugal then found the decisive moment in stoppage time, when substitute Goncalo Ramos headed in the winner to complete the comeback and send the Portuguese bench into celebration.<\/p>\n
Croatia thought they had forced extra time deep into added time, but a late equalizer was ruled out for offside after a VAR review, ending their tournament in painful fashion.<\/p>\n
The result sends Portugal into an Iberian Round of 16 clash with Spain, one of the standout ties of the next phase.<\/p>\n
Switzerland vs Algeria<\/p>\n
Switzerland followed with a composed 2-0 win over Algeria at BC Place, turning control and efficiency into a place in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n
Breel Embolo opened the scoring early after Johan Manzambi drove through the Algerian defense, giving Switzerland the platform they needed and forcing Algeria to take greater risks.<\/p>\n
Algeria had spells of possession and tried to build through Riyad Mahrez and their midfield runners, but Switzerland remained compact, organized, and more clinical in the decisive areas.<\/p>\n
Dan Ndoye doubled the lead shortly after the restart, punishing Algeria\u2019s defensive errors and leaving Vladimir Petkovic\u2019s side with a difficult way back.<\/p>\n
Switzerland managed the second half through midfield discipline, with Granit Xhaka and Remo Freuler helping control the rhythm and limit Algeria\u2019s route back into the match.<\/p>\n
The win sends Switzerland into the Round of 16 against the winner of Colombia and Ghana, while Algeria exit after a spirited campaign that ended against a more efficient Swiss side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-07-03T05:01:53+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Portugal and Switzerland advanced in the FIFA World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[122488,16993,4,450,451,3,4042,318268,452,453],"class_list":["post-740364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-breaking","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-portugal","tag-switzerland-advance-in-world-cup-knockouts","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}